The Opera Parallèle production, about a clandestine relationship during the shadow of the Joseph McCarthy era, had its West Coast premiere at Presidio Theatre on Friday. Joseph Lattanzi as Hawk Fuller ...

San Jose author and journalist Gary Singh’s passion for soccer has turned him into the premier historian for the San Jose Earthquakes. Soccer fans cheer during the MLS soccer match between the San ...

The lead actor plays a grandmother who gets scammed and then goes on an action-packed quest to get her money back. Actor June Squibb, 94, and “Thelma” director Josh Margolin chat in a suite at the San ...

Cynthia Erivo took to social media to call out a fan-made “Wicked” poster that she deems is “the wildest, most offensive thing” she has ever seen. The Grammy-winning singer and Oscar-nominated actress ...

Octavio Solis’ reverse-migration sequel to John Steinbeck’s “Grapes of Wrath” feels as overladen as the Joad family jalopy. James Carpenter as William Joad, left, and Emilio Garcia-Sanchez as Martín ...

A critic hated this box office smash, back after seven years. A ballet dancer loved it. As soon as the curtain fell, they discussed. Frances Chung, top, and Wei Wang in Liam Scarlett’s “Frankenstein.” ...

In the teaser for the reboot of the “The Naked Gun” parody films, Berkeley-born director Akiva Shaffer wastes no time making a joke at the expense of the original series’ problematic cast member. In ...

Before transgender performers like Laverne Cox, Indya Moore, Hunter Schafer and Hari Nef burst into pop culture in the 2010s, Candy Darling was the world’s first trans actor to make a major impact.

Actor Kylie Abucay, center right, a Bay Area native, rehearses on Feb. 2 with the cast of “Larry the Musical, An American Journey” in the cabaret space of Brava Theater. “Larry the Musical” is based ...

“Tenderness” is the word that keeps coming to mind while watching Alex Ketley’s “An Approximation of Resilience.” The dance is unfailingly, unflaggingly, extraordinarily tender. This is surprising, ...

A scene from Olivia Kuan’s “The Herricanes,” a documentary about the first women’s full tackle football league in the U.S. in the 1970s. Photo: Frameline Frameline programmer and new Executive ...

Acclaimed German composer and musician Hans Zimmer has added a second Oakland date to his North American tour. The additional show on his “Hans Zimmer Live” tour is scheduled for Oct. 9 at Oakland ...